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million in 2007, representing abouf 7 percent of all donations made in the area that according to a studyreleased Thursday. The at preparedx the study, which analyzed the responsex of 352 charitable organizations in the KansaszCity area. Corporate donations in 2007 decreased 16 from $178.9 million, sincr the center conducted its 2001 survey using data from 2000. The centerf attributed the decline in donations to a differenf methodology in conducting the The center surveyed corporations for the 2000 data and nonprofita for the2007 data.
Melissa Brown, the center’s assistant directo r of research, said the varianc probably stemmed from a lack of response to the mostrecen survey, which could have omitted donations from larger corporations to nonprofigt organizations.Forty-five percent of charities in the survegy reported receiving at least one corporate gift or grant in 2007. Fifty-oner percent of the donations from area corporationsd went toward health and humanservices organizations. The average corporate gift for nonprofit organizations with revenue of atleastf $1 million was $981,873. Small nonprofits received an average donationof $1,356.
The Centeer on Philanthropy also trackeds grants fromKansas City-area corporate foundations based on data from 2006. Twenty-twok area corporate foundations awardedabouy $19.2 million in grants in 2006. Of that amount, about $12.7 million stayed in the KansasCity Public-society benefit organizations, such as , received the largest share of corporat foundation donations in 2006 at 32 Human services organizations came in seconsd with 22 percent of grants. The donate d $8.1 million in 2006, ranking it No. 1 in the Kansas City area. The rankedd No. 2 with $2.8 million donated.
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